SCIENCE CLASS FIVE

Chapter 1. Classification of Living Things

1. Kingdom Animalia deals with? Animals

2. Kingdom Plantae deals with? Plants

3. Kingdom Monera deals with? Bacteria

4. Kingdom Protista deals with? Eukaryotic organism (single cells)

5. Kingdom Fungi deals with? Prokaryotic organisms (mushroom)

6. Who proposed the five-kingdom classification in 1969? Robert H. Whittaker

7. What is a eukaryotic cell? Single-cell

8. What is a prokaryotic cell? Multicellular

9. Study of Algae is called? Phycology

10. Study of Fungi is called? Mycology

11. Plants, animals and fungi are? Multicellular organisms

12. Bacteria and fungi are? Unicellular organisms

13. Plants make their own food by? Photosynthesis

14. A process that does not take place in fungi is? Photosynthesis

15. Algae make their own food by? Photosynthesis

16. Cutlery, Ulva and Volvox are diseases caused by? Algae

17. The word Animal comes from a Latin word meaning? Soul or Breath

18. Animals are further divided into two groups called? Vertebrates and invertebrates

19. Animals with a backbone are called? Vertebrates

20. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are an example of? Vertebrate animals

21. Animals without a backbone are called? Invertebrates

22. Worms, spiders and insects are an example of? Invertebrate animals

23. Vertebrates animals that take on the temperature of their surrounding are called? Cold-blooded

24. Vertebrates animals that maintain a constant body temperature are called? War-blooded

25. Birds and animals are? Warm-blooded

26. Fishes, amphibians and reptiles are? Cold-blooded

27. How many kinds of fishes are there? 30,000

28. The body of fish is covered with? Scales

29. A fish swims in the water by its? Fins

30. Fishes take a breath through their part called? Gills

31. Animals that live inland as well as water are? Amphibians

32. Amphibians lay their eggs in? Water

33. Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders are example of? Amphibians

34 Animals that spend most of their life on land but do often live in water are? Reptiles

35. Reptiles lay their eggs on? Land

36. Lizards, snakes, crocodiles, turtles, and tortoise are example of? Reptiles

37. How many kinds of birds are there? 9,000

38. Which is biggest bird in the word? Ostrich

39. Animals that give birth to their babies and feed them with milk are? Mammals

40. Which is the only mammal that can fly in air? Bat

41. How many kinds of insects are there? 80,000

42. Which insects are environment friendly? Earthworms

43. Heaviest insect found in Africa is? Goliath Beetle

44. How many pairs of jointed legs do insects have? Three

45. How many species of plants have been discovered? 380,000

46. A process in which plants make their own food is called? Photosynthesis

47. Plants are divided into two main groups called? Flowering plants and Non-flowering plants

48. Plants that do not produce flowers are called? Non-flowering plants

49. Ferns and mosses are example of? Non-flowering plants

50. instead of seeds what non-flowering produce? Spores

51. Flowering plants are further divided into two main types called? Monocot plants and dicot plants

52. Seeds of monocot plants contain of how many cotyledons (seed leaf)? One cotyledon
53. Seeds of dicot plants contain of how many cotyledons (seed leaf)? Two cotyledon

54. Which plants have parallel leaf venation? Monocot plants

55. Which plants have netted venation of leaves? Dicot plants

56. Flowers of which plants have three or multiple of three floral leaves? Monocot plants

57. Flowers of which plants have four or multiple of four floral leaves? Dicot plants

58. Spider is an insect (False)

59. Mushrooms belong to plant kingdom (False)

60. Leech is an example of invertebrate (True)

61. All insects have two pairs of wings (False)

Chapter 2. Microorganisms

62. Microorganisms are grouped as? Virus, bacteria and fungi

63. How many cells do bacteria have? One

64. Escherichia is an example of? Bacteria

65. Common cold is caused by? Flu virus

66. Influenza is an example of? Virus

67. Which are the largest microbes among bacteria, virus and fungi? Fungi

68. Yeast is an example of? Fungi

69. Which are the non-cellular organisms? Virus

70. Penicillium is a fungus that produces an antibiotic called? Penicillin

71. Any disease caused by the presence of microbial organisms in the body is called an? Infection

Chapter 3. Seeds, their Structure and Germination

72. What types of seeds are there? Monocot and Dicot

73. Seed coat is known as? Testa

74. The opening of the seed is called? Micropyle

75. Mini plant inside the seed is called? Embryo

76. Which part of seed develops into a new plant? Embryo

77. What emerges first in a new plant? Roots

78. Structure that emerges from the soil of a new plant is called? Hypocotyl

79. Seed germination in which the cotyledons emerge above the ground is called? Epigeal
germination

80. In which type of seed the process Epigeal germination takes place? Dicot seed

81. Seed germination in which the cotyledons remain inside the soil is called? Hypogeal germination

82. In which type of seed the process Hypogeal germination takes place? Monocot seed

83. A part of the seed that contains stored food is called? Endosperm

84. Most seeds germinate between the temperature? 16 to 24 Centigrade

85. Which three conditions are necessary for seed germination? Water, oxygen and proper
temperature

Chapter 4. Environmental Pollution

86. Which are the main causes of ozone depletion? Air pollution

87. Air pollution is caused by? Solid, liquid and gases pollutants

88. Water borne diseases are caused by? Water pollution

89. Cholera, diarrhoea and typhoid diseases are caused by? Microbial pollutants

90. Asthma is due to the exposure to a type of environment pollution called? Air Pollution

Chapter 5. Matter and Changes in its State

91. What is the melting point of ice? 0 Centigrade

92. A process in which liquid changes into a gas without boiling is called? Evaporation

93. A process in which water vapour changes into liquid on cooling is called? Condensation

94. In the water cycle, water is available in how many states of matter? Three (all)

95. Drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night due to condensation is called? Dew

96. A thick cloud of water droplets on the earth’s surface is called? Fog

97. Tiny droplets of water is called? Moisture

Chapter 6. Force and Machine

98. A force that stops things from moving easily is called? Friction

99. Fraction is a force which always opposes? Motion

100. Friction forces are larger on? Rough surfaces

101. Fraction forces are smaller on? Smooth surfaces

102. Fraction forces between the air and moving object cause? Resistance

103. A force that opposes any object moving through the air is called? Air resistance

104. A force of attraction between two objects is called? Gravity

105. Quantity of matter in an object is? Mass

106. Mass is measured in? Kilogram

107. Weight is the pull off? Gravity

108. Weight is measured in? Newtons

109. A lever is a long bar which moves around a fixed point called? Fulcrum

110. A lever is a kind of? Simple machine

111. How many kinds of the lever are there? Three (first, second and third kind of lever)

112. In the first kind of lever, the fulcrum is between? Effort and load

113. In the second kind of lever, the load is between? Effort and fulcrum

114. In the third kind of lever, the effort is between? Load and fulcrum

115. A type of simple machine with two slanting sides ending in a sharp edge is called? Wedge

Chapter 7. Properties and Behavior of Light

116. Light is a form of? Energy

117. Light travels in a? Straight line

118. An object which produces and emits its own light is called? Luminous

119. An object that does not produce light but it reflects light that comes from a luminous an object
is called?

Non-luminous

120. How many seconds does sun take to convert over 657 million tons of hydrogen into 653 million
tons of

helium? One second

121. The missing 4 billion tons of mass are discharged into? Space

122. How much heat and light does earth receive from four billion tons of mass? Two billionths

123. When lights rays bounce back, it is called? Reflection

124. Objects that allow light to travel through them are called? Transparent objects

125. Objects that allow some light to travel through them are called? Translucent objects

126. Objects that do not allow light to travel through them are called? Opaque objects

127. Speed of light in a vacuum is? 300 million meters per second

128. When light is blocked by opaque objects, what is formed on the opposite side of the object?
Shadow

129. A solar eclipse occurs when a moon is between? Earth and sun

130. A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth is between? Moon and sun

131. How many phases of the moon are there? Eight

132. The phase of the New Moon is called? Waxing Crescent Moon

133. The last phase of the moon when it disappears is called? Waning Crescent Moon

Chapter 8. Electricity and magnetism

134. The flow of negative electric charges through an electronic path is called? Electric current

135. What things are used to draw a circuit diagram? Symbols

136. A safety device used in a circuit to protect the appliances and its wiring from damage is called?
Fuse

137. What is the inside the fuse? Wire

138. Wire of fuses stops the flow of? Current

139. A fuse can also be called as a? Circuit breaker

140. Electrons of an atom revolve outside the? Nucleus

141. Protons and neutrons are present inside the? Nucleus

142. Protons and neutrons are made up of? Quarks

143. Electron was discovered by? J. J Thomas in 1897

144. Proton was discovered by? Ernest Rutherford in 1920

145. Neutron was discovered by? James Chadwick in 1932

146. What happens when oppositely charged clouds interact with each other? Lightening

147. Who were the discovers of magnetite? Chinese

148. Who is the father of a magnet? William Gilbert

149. Electromagnetic has a? Temporary magnetic field

150. The bar magnet has a? Permanent magnetic field

151. Electromagnetic always need? Electricity

152. What happens when two same poles of magnets are brought close to each other? They repel

153. What happens when two opposite poles of magnets are brought close to each other? They
attract

154. What happens when balloons are rubbed with the wool cloth? They will repel each other

155. The buildup of electric charges is called? Static electricity

Chapter 9. Soils

156. The surface layer of land is called? Soil

157. The organic matter in a soil is called? Humus

158. Sandy, silty, clay and loam are the types of? Soil

159. A soil which is a mixture of sand, silt and clay is referred as? Loam

160. A process in which soil is displaced from the earth surface by agents is called? Erosion

161. A process in which a dead organism is broken down into simple nutrients is called?
Decomposition

Chapter 10. Our Solar System

162. Which is national space of Pakistan? SUPARCO

163. SUPARCO was established in? 16 September 1961 (Founder: Abdul Salam)

164. SUPARCO stands for? Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission

165. Sun weighs as much as? 330,000 piles of earth

166. How many earths can fit inside the sun? 1,300,000

167. How many earths can be equal to the sun in terms of size? 109 piles of earth

168. What is the distance between the sun and earth? 150 million km

169. What is the age of the sun? 4.5 billion years

170. The closest planet to the sun is? Mercury

171. The smallest planet in the solar system is? Mercury

172. Mercury is mostly made up of? Iron

173. The brightest and hottest planet in the solar system is? Venus

174. Which is the sister planet of the earth? Venus

175. Which is the biggest of all the terrestrial planet? Earth

176. Which planet is called the red planet? Mars

177. How many moons do mars have? Two

178. Name of moons of mars are? Deimos and Phobos

179. The largest planet in the solar system is? Jupiter

180. Name the biggest moon of Jupiter? Ganymede

181. Ganymede was discovered by? Galileo

182. Which is the least dense planet of the solar system? Saturn

183. Most well-known moon of Saturn is? Titan

184. Which is the second-largest moon in the solar system? Titan

185. Which is known as a green planet? Uranus

186. How many moons does Uranus have? 27

187. The largest moon of Uranus is? Titania

188. Which is the farthest planet from the sun? Neptune

189. How many rings of Neptune are there? Six

190. How many moons does Neptune have? 13

191. Meteoroids are known as? Shooting stars

192. Asteroids are found between? Mars and Jupiter

193. Asteroids are sometimes called? Planetoids

194. Vesta is an example of? Asteroid

195. Comets are bodies made up of? Ice, dust and rock

196. Comets are also known as? Dirty snowballs

197. Center of a comet is known as? Nucleus

198. Which bodies produce a long tail due to the heat from the sun? Comets

199. The longest volcano of the solar system “Olympus Mons” lies in? Mars
200. How many minutes does the light of the sun take to reach the earth? 8 minutes

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